Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[TattleTeeny]

But just be lazy* if it means that much to you! Why have the tracker at all?

*Not that I think that not making a step count makes one lazy or anything; I am by no means lazy but working at home for 10 months really can cut down on the amount of steps one takes (especially when we’re wildly busy and down one person on the already too small editorial team, causing me to have had a 57-hour workweek. But I digress! I am tired).

Edited November 22, 2020 by TattleTeeny

[Gramto6]

6 minutes ago, TattleTeeny said:

But just be lazy* if it means that much to you! Why have the tracker at all?

*Not that I think that not making a step count makes one lazy or anything; I am by no means lazy but working at home for 10 months really can cut down on the amount of steps one takes (especially when we’re wildly busy and down one personal on the already too small editorial team, causing me to have had a 57-hour workweek. But I digress! I am tired).

I think that this woman just wants a high step count for whatever reason so she has her dog do it and she can show off her tracker and brag. Again probably relates to whatever the ad is for... Nothing against anyone that does legitimately walk. I am 71, diabetic, major spinal issues and balance issues. I walk primarily inside my house and get anywhere from 8.000 to over 10,000 steps a day. And I take each one on my own... (feral kitty I feed is not going to carry my phone!) I don't know who would take 40,000 steps a day.  I have to pay some attention next time that ad comes on and see what it is for.

[Gramto6]

It's a frickin Geico commercial...it was just on bragging about her steps..."40.000 steps, Can I get a whut whut?" New low for Geico... 

[TattleTeeny]

Haha, we were so baffled we had no idea what it was for!

i have a small condo and feel tied to a desk all day. I should remember to get up more. But I did move my workspace upstairs, so I definitely get more than before.

Edited November 22, 2020 by TattleTeeny

[Gramto6]

1 minute ago, TattleTeeny said:

Haha, we were so baffled we had no idea what it was for!

Pretty frickin poor advertising!!

[Haleth]

Aww, come on.  Did none of you ever cheat on your fitness routine?

[tres bien]

Sorry to bore anyone but Tom Selleck's reverse mortgage ads now annoy me so much that mute no longer works. I'm in full change channel mode.

I never watched Magnum PI so my first experience with him was as Richard on Friends.  I disliked that character so much, that I've never watched a rerun with him in it.

Edited November 22, 2020 by tres bien

[CrazyInAlabama]

I'm sick of having to mute the Pure Wick system ads.    if you don't know what it is, then you don't want to know.    

 

[sempervivum]

2 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

I'm sick of having to mute the Pure Wick system ads.    if you don't know what it is, then you don't want to know. 

'Pure Ick' as my husband calls them.

[peacheslatour]

30 minutes ago, sempervivum said:

'Pure Ick' as my husband calls them.

I haven't seen them. What is "Pure Wick"?

[CrazyInAlabama]

It's a device that collects urine for women who have night time incontinence, or when they're lying down.  

[peacheslatour]

10 minutes ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

It's a device that collects urine for women who have night time incontinence, or when they're lying down.  

I looked it up. It's made by Liberator Medical. Remember the horse back riding woman and her colostomy bag? YEEEHA!!

[configdotsys]

1 hour ago, peacheslatour said:

I looked it up. It's made by Liberator Medical. Remember the horse back riding woman and her colostomy bag? YEEEHA!!

Haha. As soon as you said Liberator Medical, the first thing I thought of was that woman screaming YEEHA! I have a colostomy and I can promise you that I have never yelled, YEEHA! I have yelled other things at it, but not YEEHA! 🙂

 

[peacheslatour]

5 minutes ago, configdotsys said:

Haha. As soon as you said Liberator Medical, the first thing I thought of was that woman screaming YEEHA! I have a colostomy and I can promise you that I have never yelled, YEEHA! I have yelled other things at it, but not YEEHA! 🙂

 

I bet. 🤕

[QuinnInND]

2 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

I looked it up. It's made by Liberator Medical. Remember the horse back riding woman and her colostomy bag? YEEEHA!!

Goes with the pilot and the catheters! 

[Prevailing Wind]

Aside from the ick factor, that ad disturbs me when the adult daughter walks into Mom's bedroom while she's sleeping and throws open the curtains, flooding the old lady's room with light that wakes her. Daughter asks, "How did you sleep?" And Mom responds with a positive answer. Daughter smiles benignly at her, like she's indulging a child.  It is so patronizing and disrespectful, essentially asking if she wet the bed and I'll give you gold star for staying dry all night long.

 

[Ashforth]

3 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

It's a device that collects urine for women who have night time incontinence, or when they're lying down.  

I'm going to Small Talk with this because I haven't seen and can't comment on the ad, but I do have a personal (once removed) comment about the product.

[oceanview]

On 11/15/2020 at 4:13 PM, dleighg said:

Just out of curiosity I looked it up. To "collect and maintain a sample" costs IIRC around 2k. To actually create the new animal, 50k (dog), 35k (cat). 

And dare I ask who is going to care for said pet when I croak!  I am a huge animal lover, but limit myself to only one or two at a time.   I saw a really adorable dog or cat in a basket sleeping but  it would wake up and look around and purr via batteries.   If I had it, I would cry every day because I miss my pet so much when they pass.  The whole thing is creepy about cloning.   I did not read Pet Semetary, but to be fair, I don't read Stephen King......I am not that brave 

[Ubiquit0us]

19 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

I looked it up. It's made by Liberator Medical. 

I initially misread that as "Liberty Mutual". 😲

[smittykins]

On 11/22/2020 at 5:37 PM, configdotsys said:

Haha. As soon as you said Liberator Medical, the first thing I thought of was that woman screaming YEEHA! I have a colostomy and I can promise you that I have never yelled, YEEHA! I have yelled other things at it, but not YEEHA! 🙂

 

I don’t think I ever saw her, but I do remember Catheter Cowboy.

[TattleTeeny]

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Aww, come on.  Did none of you ever cheat on your fitness routine?

I think it's not the "cheating" that confuses me; it's that I don't get why she feels the need to have "proof" of the step count, hence putting the tracker on the dog. She still knows she didn't do it, but is someone we don't see checking on her so-called routine? What is she up to?!

[peacheslatour]

6 minutes ago, TattleTeeny said:

I think it's not the "cheating" that confuses me; it's that I don't get why she feels the need to have "proof" of the step count, hence putting the tracker on the dog. She still knows she didn't do it, but is someone we don't see checking on her so-called routine? What is she up to?!

To show off to her gaggle of equally vapid friends group?

Edited November 24, 2020 by peacheslatour

[chessiegal]

As someone who wore a Fitbit religiously for several years, Fitbit keeps track for you, sending you updates on how you are doin\g - sending you encouraging kudos and so on. But yeah, it's stupid.

[Browncoat]

My watch chides me if I don't meet the goals it sets for me.  I appreciated it during the shutdown, when I had the potential of becoming one with my sofa, but now that I'm back to work in person, not so much.

[configdotsys]

2 hours ago, smittykins said:

I don’t think I ever saw her, but I do remember Catheter Cowboy.

45 seconds in...

 

 

[TattleTeeny]

It CHIDES?! Oh my goodness!

[Zahdii]

3 hours ago, configdotsys said:

45 seconds in...

 

 

I've always hated that yell/scream thing she does.

[Jaded]

On 10/20/2020 at 11:38 PM, tinkerbell said:

this Slotmania ad freaks me out.  John Goodman is a FINGER, and he's picking his own nose - with his face on his finger?!?!

 

This commercial just started to run during the breaks while watching Judge Mathis. I hadn't seen it before yesterday and wish I had never seen it at all. I guess I'm lucky I'm seeing it a month later than most of you. 

[peacheslatour]

10 hours ago, Zahdii said:

I've always hated that yell/scream thing she does.

Yeah but she owns a zebra. A fucking zebra!

[mmecorday]

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I initially misread that as "Liberty Mutual". 😲

I read it as Vibrator Medical, so ...

[peacheslatour]

29 minutes ago, mmecorday said:

I read it as Vibrator Medical, so ...

I really need to work on my typing skills. 😜

[Ashforth]

3 hours ago, mmecorday said:

I read it as Vibrator Medical, so ...

That's a whole other commercial.

[mmecorday]

And one that I hope Joe Namath won't be in, Ashforth.

[Prevailing Wind]

If he were healthy, would he need a catheter?

[KLovestoShop]

Can’t stand Anna Kendrick and her lip syncing Christmas carols for Lays.  YMMV, but I don’t buy a product because some celebrity endorses it. In all honesty, I’d probably wouldn’t buy a product if some celebrity I don’t like advertises something. 

[janie jones]

On 11/23/2020 at 4:57 PM, TattleTeeny said:

I think it's not the "cheating" that confuses me; it's that I don't get why she feels the need to have "proof" of the step count, hence putting the tracker on the dog. She still knows she didn't do it, but is someone we don't see checking on her so-called routine? What is she up to?!

Plus, why is she bragging in the park to people who can see with their own eyeballs that her tracker is on her dog?

20 hours ago, icemiser69 said:

I know they don't mean it that way, but whenever I think of wick, I think of candle which is clearly not the intent of the product title.   They should have come up with a better name for the product.  I know they are using wick as in wicking away moisture.

When it came up in this thread, I thought people were talking about Air Wick air fresheners at first.

[mojoween]

I don’t have an issue with Mrs. Watt or her giant children (I’ve always been fond of JJ, even if I don’t care so much for TJ or Derek, especially since one or both of them play for the Steelers, who I have less than no use for) but if my choice for lunch is pizza or tacos, a sub is in no way a good compromise.  

Edited November 26, 2020 by mojoween

[peacheslatour]

28 minutes ago, icemiser69 said:

I really didn't need to see this in any commercial.  The voice over dude is correct, that no one wants to share the chip bowl with "grossy gross".

Reminds me back in the day when I knew someone who was a perpetual nose picker.  Constantly picked his nose, even during one on one conversations, and on more than one occasion wanted to shake hands immediately afterwards.👃

“You double dipped the chip! You dipped the chip, you took a bite, and you dipped again! That’s like putting your whole mouth right in the dip!” 

[Silver Raven]

I couldn't find a spot to complain about TV show previews, so I'll put this here.

There's a "new" show that NBC is touting called "The Nurses".  I know it's a Canadian series, and it appears to have been airing for a couple of years up there, but it's going to be airing in a couple of weeks in the US.  And the previews are extra-cringy.  I saw one where I thought "This has to be a comedy, right?"  It's so ... sincere ... and so sincerely bad.

 

[Bort]

12 minutes ago, Silver Raven said:

I couldn't find a spot to complain about TV show previews, so I'll put this here.

There's a "new" show that NBC is touting called "The Nurses".  I know it's a Canadian series, and it appears to have been airing for a couple of years up there, but it's going to be airing in a couple of weeks in the US.  And the previews are extra-cringy.  I saw one where I thought "This has to be a comedy, right?"  It's so ... sincere ... and so sincerely bad.

 

In a World... Movie and TV Show Trailers

[KLovestoShop]

There’s a commercial where I want to crawl through the screen and bitch slap the two people. It’s for the shingles vaccine and both the man and woman screech Whaaaaaaaat?  When they’re told there’s a vaccine. Idiots

[cinsays]

The one i can't stand is the Geico commercial with Kristen Chenoweth.  I understand she is a singer (?), but her speaking voice is like fingernails on a blackboard to me.  I have to change the channel.  And it is on constantly.

 

[peacheslatour]

11 minutes ago, cinsays said:

The one i can't stand is the Geico commercial with Kristen Chenoweth.  I understand she is a singer (?), but her speaking voice is like fingernails on a blackboard to me.  I have to change the channel.  And it is on constantly.

 

I can't find it. Do you have a link?

[Crashcourse]

1 hour ago, Silver Raven said:

I couldn't find a spot to complain about TV show previews, so I'll put this here.

There's a "new" show that NBC is touting called "The Nurses".  I know it's a Canadian series, and it appears to have been airing for a couple of years up there, but it's going to be airing in a couple of weeks in the US.  And the previews are extra-cringy.  I saw one where I thought "This has to be a comedy, right?"  It's so ... sincere ... and so sincerely bad.

 

I'm watching a Canadian medical show called "Transplant" on NBC and it's ok.  There are three more episodes this season but I probably won't be watching if NBC airs another season.  Bless the real life nurses, but I saw the previews for "The Nurses" and I definitely won't be watching.  Those previews are awful.

[Ashforth]

6 hours ago, cinsays said:

The one i can't stand is the Geico commercial with Kristen Chenoweth.  I understand she is a singer (?), but her speaking voice is like fingernails on a blackboard to me.  I have to change the channel.  And it is on constantly.

I have an irrational dislike for her, as in everything about her is grating to me. Can't necessarily tell you why, but it has something to do with her being so TINY! and CUTE! and always playing up how TINY! and CUTE! she is. 

I don't think I've seen the Geico commercial but I have seen plenty for the Food Network series Candyland. OMG an ad for Candyland just came on while I'm writing this. She's haunting me!

[Haleth]

18 hours ago, mojoween said:

I don’t have an issue with Mrs. Watt or her giant children (I’ve always been fond of JJ, even if I don’t care so much for TJ or Derek, especially since one or both of them play for the Steelers, who I have less than no use for) but if my choice for lunch is pizza or tacos, a sub is in no way a good compromise.  

 

15 hours ago, cinsays said:

The one i can't stand is the Geico commercial with Kristen Chenoweth.  I understand she is a singer (?), but her speaking voice is like fingernails on a blackboard to me.  I have to change the channel.  And it is on constantly.

I love both JJ Watt and Kristen Chenoweth and now I'd love to see them both in a commercial together.  He could pick her up and put her in his pocket.

16 hours ago, Silver Raven said:

There's a "new" show that NBC is touting called "The Nurses".  I know it's a Canadian series, and it appears to have been airing for a couple of years up there, but it's going to be airing in a couple of weeks in the US.  And the previews are extra-cringy.  I saw one where I thought "This has to be a comedy, right?"  It's so ... sincere ... and so sincerely bad.

It looks like the show is trying to be Grey's Anatomy.  I know lots of nurses and can pretty well guarantee that none of them have had sex in a supply closet at work.

[smittykins]

12 hours ago, Ashforth said:

I don't think I've seen the Geico commercial but I have seen plenty for the Food Network series Candyland. OMG an ad for Candyland just came on while I'm writing this. She's haunting me!

“WOOOOOOWWW!”

[Winston Wolfe]

13 hours ago, Ashforth said:

I have an irrational dislike for [Kristen Chenoweth], as in everything about her is grating to me. Can't necessarily tell you why, but it has something to do with her being so TINY! and CUTE! and always playing up how TINY! and CUTE! she is. 

She's always reminded me of a Muppet. The only thing I've ever enjoyed her in was Pushing Daisies.

Edited November 27, 2020 by Winston Wolfe

[Bruinsfan]

I love her, perhaps for that very reason. But I have no difficulty seeing why she would get on some people's last nerve.

[Bastet]

I cannot handle Kristin Chenoweth's voice.  And I know she can't help what her voice sounds like, so I feel bad about that, but then I remember that my cousin who likes pretty much everyone went to college with her and couldn't stand her, and I go about my day.